If this remark is anywhere near correct, it shows that Paul was indeed trying to inculcate a rather distinctive ethos for his Christian community, an ethos that could be distinguished from that of pagan or Jewish community, though obviously there was some overlap in the ethical qualities inculcated. W. Meeks puts the matter thusly: “Theologically it is correct to say that the scriptures and traditions of Judaism are a central and ineffaceable part of the Pauline Christian’s identity. Socially, however,